Editing Star Cup

{{distinguish|[[Rosalina Cup]], another cup with a similar-looking [[Grand Star]] as the emblem}}

[[File:MK8 Star Cup Alternate Emblem.svg|thumb|The Star Cup logo in ''Mario Kart 8''.]]

 

The '''Star Cup''' is a [[cup]] in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]], most notably appearing as the third cup in the ''[[Mario Kart (series)|Mario Kart]]'' series; however, in ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'', it is the fourth cup of that game, after the [[Lightning Cup]]. It exclusively features [[new course]]s, and in most ''Mario Kart'' games, it must be completed to unlock the [[Special Cup]]. The cup's courses tend to be of slightly increased difficulty compared to the [[Flower Cup]] (and Lightning Cup in ''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''), and its emblem is a [[Super Star]].

====List of courses====

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!colspan="2" width="25%"|Game

!width="15%"|Course 5

!colspan="2"|''[[Super Mario Kart]]''

|[[File:SMK Koopa Beach 1 Overhead Map.png|85px]]<br>[[Koopa Beach 1]]

|[[File:SMK Choco Island 2 Overhead Map.png|85px]]<br>[[SNES Choco Island 2|Choco Island 2]]

|[[File:SMK Vanilla Lake 1 Overhead Map.png|85px]]<br>[[SNES Vanilla Lake 1|Vanilla Lake 1]]

|[[File:SMK Bowser Castle 3 Overhead Map.png|85px]]<br>[[SNES Bowser Castle 3|Bowser Castle 3]]

|[[File:SMK Mario Circuit 4 Overhead Map.png|85px]]<br>[[Mario Circuit 4]]

!colspan="2"|''[[Mario Kart 64]]''

|[[File:MK64 Wario Stadium Icon.png|125px]]<br>[[Wario Stadium]]

|[[File:MK64 Sherbert Land Icon.png|125px]]<br>[[N64 Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]]

|[[File:MK64 Royal Raceway Icon.png|125px]]<br>[[N64 Royal Raceway|Royal Raceway]]

|[[File:MK64 Bowser Castle Icon.png|125px]]<br>[[N64 Bowser's Castle|Bowser's Castle]]

!rowspan="2" width="13%"|''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]''

!width="12%"|Super Circuit tracks

|[[File:Snow Land MKSC icon.png|85px]]<br>[[GBA Snow Land|Snow Land]]

|[[File:Ribbon Land MKSC icon.png|85px]]<br>[[GBA Ribbon Road|Ribbon Road]]

|[[File:Yoshi Desert MKSC icon.png|85px]]<br>[[GBA Yoshi Desert|Yoshi Desert]]

|[[File:Bowser's Castle 3 MKSC icon.png|85px]]<br>[[GBA Bowser's Castle 3|Bowser Castle 3]]

|[[File:MKSC Vanilla Lake 1 Extra Cup Map.png]]<br>[[SNES Vanilla Lake 1|Vanilla Lake 1]]

|[[File:MKSC SNES Bowser Castle 3 Extra Cup Map.png]]<br>[[SNES Bowser Castle 3|Bowser Castle 3]]

|[[File:MKSC Mario Circuit 4 Extra Cup Map.png]]<br>[[Mario Circuit 4]]

|[[File:MKSC SNES Donut Plains 3 Extra Cup Map.png]]<br>[[SNES Donut Plains 3|Donut Plains 3]]

!colspan="2"|''[[Mario Kart: Double Dash&#x21;&#x21;]]''

|[[File:SherbetLandIcon-MKDD.png|125px]]<br>[[GCN Sherbet Land|Sherbet Land]]

|[[File:MushroomCityIcon-MKDD.png|125px]]<br>[[Mushroom City]]

|[[File:YoshiCircuitIcon-MKDD.png|125px]]<br>[[GCN Yoshi Circuit|Yoshi Circuit]]

|[[File:DKMountainIcon-MKDD.png|125px]]<br>[[GCN DK Mountain|DK Mountain]]

!colspan="2"|''[[Mario Kart DS]]''

|[[File:DK Pass.png|125px]]<br>[[DS DK Pass|DK Pass]]

|[[File:MKDS Tick Tock Clock.png|125px]]<br>[[DS Tick-Tock Clock|Tick-Tock Clock]]

|[[File:MKDS Mario Circuit DS Intro.png|125px]]<br>[[DS Mario Circuit|Mario Circuit]]

|[[File:Airship Fortress MKDS preview.png|125px]]<br>[[DS Airship Fortress|Airship Fortress]]

!colspan="2"|''[[Mario Kart Wii]]''

|[[File:Daisy circuit1.png|125px]]<br>[[Wii Daisy Circuit|Daisy Circuit]]

|[[File:MKW Koopa Cape.png|125px]]<br>[[Wii Koopa Cape|Koopa Cape]]

|[[File:MKW Maple Treeway Overlook.png|125px]]<br>[[Wii Maple Treeway|Maple Treeway]]

|[[File:Grumble Volcano.png|125px]]<br>[[Wii Grumble Volcano|Grumble Volcano]]

===''Super Mario'' sports games===

The Star Cup also appears in other ''[[Super Mario (franchise)|Super Mario]]'' games, such as ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' and ''[[Mario Superstar Baseball]]''.

The Star Cup makes regular appearances in the ''[[Mario Tennis (series)|Mario Tennis]]'' series. Usually, it is the third, last cup of the Open Tournament. When players clear the Star Cup, they receive a star ranking, which rewards them with stronger stats while allowing them to participate in the Special Tournaments. In ''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', however, the Star Cup is called the Final Cup, and it is the last cup of the Star Open series and the whole game, with the [[Special Cup#Mario Tennis series|Champions Cup]] replacing it as the fourth cup in the game and last cup of the World Open series. This version of the Star Cup is held in the [[Galaxy Arena]] morph court, and its matches have three sets for the starting round, three sets for the semifinals, and five sets for the finals. After this cup is played, the credits roll, and they cannot be skipped unless it is not the first time the cup has been played. In ''[[Mario Tennis Aces]]'', the Star Cup is the third and final cup of the COM Tournament mode, featuring the highest CPU difficulty of all cups.

 

In ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', the Star Cup has eight teams, seven rounds, and uses the table system. When the player finishes in the top three, the [[Bowser Cup]] and [[The Battle Dome]] are unlocked. A similar cup is the [[Super Star Cup]].  

====''Mario Sports Mix''====

The Star Cup appears in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]'' as a more difficult cup. It includes the final match against the ''Final Fantasy'' team, and it is followed by a battle against [[Behemoth]] or [[Behemoth King]]. [[Star Road (Super Mario World)|Star Road]] is also found in this cup, which is an alternate path available once players complete the Star Cup.

==Completion awards in the ''Mario Kart'' series==

 

===''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''===

*50cc Star Cup: [[Para-Wing]]

*100cc Star Cup: [[Special Cup]]

 

===''Mario Kart DS''===

*All nitro cups (includes Star Cup) on 50cc: [[Dry Bones]]

 

===''Mario Kart Wii''===

*50cc Star Cup: [[King Boo]]

 

===''Mario Kart 7''===

*All cups on a single cc class: [[Mii]]

*150cc Star Cup: Rosalina

 

Most unlockable characters in ''Mario Kart 8'' are unlocked at random upon winning Grand Prix cups (separate cups must be played to unlock characters), which includes the Star Cup. Characters that can be unlocked include Rosalina, [[Metal Mario]], [[Lakitu]], [[Toadette]], [[Baby Rosalina]], [[Pink Gold Peach]], [[Iggy|Iggy Koopa]], [[Roy|Roy Koopa]], [[Lemmy|Lemmy Koopa]], [[Larry|Larry Koopa]], [[Wendy|Wendy O. Koopa]], [[Ludwig|Ludwig von Koopa]], [[Morton|Morton Koopa Jr.]], and Mii. Mii is unlocked upon the eighth Grand Prix cup victory, unless an [[amiibo]] is used to unlock Mii beforehand.

 

In addition, the [[Gold Standard]] body can be unlocked by getting a 1 star rank or higher on all non-DLC cups (including the Star Cup) on any one engine class, and the 150cc Mirror class can be unlocked by winning all 150cc cups.

 

===''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''===

*All non-DLC cups on 200cc: [[Gold Mario]]

 

[[File:MKW Star Cup Trading Card.jpg|thumb|100px]]

*'''''Mario Kart Wii'' trading card:''' "''The action REALLY starts to heat up when you tackle the Star Cup. Four new tracks will test your racing mettle. Daisy Circuit is a very scenic track, while the others (Koopa Cape, Maple Treeway, and Grumble Volcano) offer up some serious challenges and difficult racing conditions.''"

<gallery widths="85px">

MK64 Star Cup art.jpg|''Mario Kart 64''

MKSC Star Cup Artwork.png|''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''

MKSC Star Cup Emblem.png|''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''

MKSC Extra Star Cup Emblem.png|''Mario Kart: Super Circuit''

MKDD Star Cup Emblem.png|''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''

StarCupLogo_MKDD.png|''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!''

MPT Star Cup Icon.png|''Mario Power Tennis''

MKDS Star Cup Emblem.png|''Mario Kart DS''

MK7 Star Cup Emblem.png|''Mario Kart 7''

MKL Icon Star Cup.png|''Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit''

 

StarCupClear-Dodgeball.png|[[White Mage]] holds onto the Star Cup for Dodgeball in ''[[Mario Sports Mix]]''.

BabyMarioWinsFinalCupMTO.png|''[[Mario Tennis Open]]'', which is named [[Final Cup]] instead.

</gallery>

==Names in other languages==

{{foreign names

|Fre=Coupe Étoile

|FreM=Star Cup

|PorA=Copa Estrela

|PorE=Taça Estrela

|PorEM=Star Cup

|ItaM=Star Trophy

}}

*''[[Mario Kart 64]]''{{'}}s Star Cup is the only Star Cup to feature two courses with the same background music.

*''[[Mario Kart 7]]''{{'}}s Star Cup is the only cup in the game to have all of its courses differ in name between the American English and British English versions.

*All of the Star Cup's courses from ''[[Mario Kart Wii]]'' reappear as [[classic course]]s in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]''. This makes it one of three cups in the entire series to have all its courses return together in another ''Mario Kart'' game. The other two cups are the [[Lightning Cup]] from ''[[Mario Kart: Super Circuit]]'' and the [[Mushroom Cup]] from ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'', which both have all of their courses in ''Tour''.

**The Star Cup courses were added to ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' in reverse chronological order as well, with Grumble Volcano being part of the original ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'', Maple Treeway releasing in Wave 3 of the ''{{Booster Course Pass}}'', Koopa Cape releasing in Wave 5, and Daisy Circuit releasing in Wave 6. This is also the case for the Lightning Cup of ''Super Circuit'' within ''Tour''.

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